Tag Archives: Battered Wife Syndrome

A wife hired someone to kill her husband

Wife Hires Nephew to Kill Abusive Husband in Staged Home Invasion: The Jing Shaoqin Case in Bin County, Heilongjiang (2010)

On August 27, 2010, in the early morning, a murder case occurred in Bin County, Heilongjiang Province. The crime scene was in a remote urban village. The deceased was named Wang Chunbo, a grain trader. His wife was named Jing Shaoqin, who was seriously injured after the incident and was taken to the hospital by a neighbor.

Police investigation of the scene revealed that the deceased had likely been attacked while sleeping. He was shirtless and had been slashed about twenty to thirty times, with a very large amount of bleeding. The scene was gruesome.

Items in the home were scattered all over the floor, and drawers and cabinets were all open, clearly having been rummaged through. Based on this, the police initially believed that this might have been a case of a home invasion robbery that escalated into murder.

However, as the investigation deepened, the police discovered many suspicious points. The person who called the police at the time was the deceased’s wife, Jing Shaoqin.

The deceased Wang Chunbo had been killed at home after being slashed multiple times, while his wife Jing Shaoqin, aside from two knife wounds on her back, had no other injuries. The police found … Read More

Murder on Yangtze River

Domestic Violence, Dismemberment, Body dumping, a Cargo Ship Murder: The Wang Ada Case in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu (2011)

Wang Ada is 55 years old, and he is the owner of a cargo ship. He and his second wife, Ma Xiaoqin, are engaged in the water freight business in the Zhangjiagang section of the Yangtze River. Wang Ada has a son, 23 years old, who is working in Zhejiang Province. Wang Ada’s first wife accidentally fell into the water from the ship and died 20 years ago.

January 16, 2011, Zhangjiagang. As the Spring Festival approached, many boat owners docked their boats in the inland river and began busy buying New Year goods to prepare for the holiday. There were not many boats left on the Yangtze River. On this day, no one noticed anything unusual about one boat.
At noon on January 17, the Yangtze River Shipping Public Security Bureau suddenly received a report from a man saying that Wang Ada had disappeared for no reason.

The man who reported the case said he was Wang Ada’s friend. At 8:00 in the morning, he docked his boat next to Wang Ada’s boat. He called for Wang Ada to come out and talk, but no one responded. Later, Wang Ada’s wife, Ma Xiaoqin, came out to clean the boat. … Read More